Subha Ranjan Das
Scientist, FoodDrink Lover, and Parent in Pittsburgh, PA
Hey, I’m Subha Ranjan Das (I go by Das; he/him pronouns). I’m an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University living in Pittsburgh, PA. My lab works on the chemistry and biochemistry of modified Nucleic Acids (DNA and RNA) including their conjugates and hybrids with polymers.
Besides Science - both research and outreach/education, I enjoy food and drink (quite obsessively*), reading and catching up on recent Science Fiction and Fantasy - a genre I used to read a lot growing up. Besides food/drink, I derive pleasure from listening to all kinds of music and teaching and learning from my homeschooled kids and family these days. We love to travel when we're able.
You can view my personal (not lab) musings as spilled on Mastodon with a click on the button above or click below
(& my older posts on Twitter as @KitchenChemProf https://twitter.com/KitchenChemProf)
*to the point that I started a course, "The Kitchen Chemistry Sessions" in 2009 to teach Chemistry and Science at the college level through food/drink. See also this archived article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Chemistry in the Kitchen [2010]